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2wm
2wm is a regional site developed in partnership with the Regional Development Agency (Advantage West Midlands), BT, Coventry University and the European Commission.
www.2wm.co.uk

3b Business Support Agency
Our vision is a committed Champion for Community Economic Empowerment. Our goal is to be the very best Minority Business Development Centre (MBDC) in the United Kingdom
www.3b.org.uk
Tel: 0121 523 1820
Fax: 0121 554 8823
Email: info@3b.org.uk

Advanced Engineering Cluster
The Advanced Engineering Cluster has been established at Wolverhampton Science Park to provide access to a package of support and collaborative opportunities for any eligible engineering company looking to advance in new technology, new products, new business or new direction.
www.ae-cluster.co.uk
Tel: 01902 824222
Fax: 01902 824215
Email: info@ae-cluster.co.uk

Advantage West Midlands
Advantage West Midlands is the Regional Development Agency (RDA) for the West Midlands, the region at the heart of the UK.
www.advantagewm.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 380 3500
Fax: +44 (0) 121 380 3501

Amazon Initiatives
Amazon Initiatives aims to provide second stage support for women-led start up businesses
www.amazon-initiatives.org.uk
Tel: +44 02476 685889
Fax: +44 02476 637963
Email: amazon@amazon-initiatives.org.uk

Audiences Central/Maximise II
We're uniquely positioned to help arts and cultural organisations make a real difference to building and sustaining audiences for their work
www.audiencescentral.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 121 685 2600
Fax: +44(0) 121 685 2601
Email: info@audiencescentral.co.uk

Balancing Business Ltd
BALANCING BUSINESS delivers professional, practical and individual business support services to entrepreneurs and existing businesses
www.balancingbusiness.co.uk
Tel: 01527 545545
Email: info@balancingbusiness.co.uk

The Business Council for Sustainable Development
Formed in 1999 originally as the Business Council for Sustainable Development - North Sea Region, we are a not for profit, limited liability company. BCSD-UK is the only affiliated branch in the UK of the Geneva based World Business Council for Sustainable Development. www.wbcsd.org. BCSD-UK is a member of the European Partners Network of the WBCSD
www.bcsd-uk.co.uk
Tel: 0121 693 8338
Fax: 0121 693 8448
Email: davidm@ebc-info.co.uk

Business Link West Midlands
Business Link provides access to impartial and expert information, support and advice to help develop and make businesses successful.
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk
Tel: 0845 113 1234
Email: info@businesslinkwm.co.uk

Business Enterprise Support Ltd
Business Enterprise Support Limited is a service dedicated to offering high quality advice, guidance and training to individuals, employed or unemployed, launching into self-employment or existing businesses looking for growth.
www.enterprisesupport.org
Tel: 0800 45 88 797
Fax: 01283 537130
Email: info@enterprisesupport.org

Coventry University Enterprises (CUE Ltd)
CUE focuses on innovation, design, high performance automotive engineering, health, environment and ICT as areas of expertise. Through this activity it has to date supported thousands of Small-to-Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) through specific projects and support programmes. Over 200 SMEs have been established with the support of CUE and many more have benefited from one-to-one involvement. In addition the company's project activity has been able to demonstrate hundreds of new jobs established and thousands of existing jobs safeguarded.
www.thevisionworks.org
Tel: 024 7623 6022 or 024 7623 6420
Fax: 024 7623 6024
Email: business-enterprise@cad.coventry.ac.uk

Creative Insight/Creative Pathways
Creative Insight delivers a range of intellectual property services uniquely allied to practical business support through our parent body Business Insight
www.creativeinsightuk.com
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Tel: 0121 303 4538
Fax: 0121 303 1354
Email: creative.insight@birmingham.gov.uk

Creative Network
The Creative Network has been established to provide support and professional development for designers and creative individuals based in Staffordshire.
www.creativenetwork-staffs.org
Tel: 01782 377419
Fax: 01782 377416
Email: info@creativenetwork-staffs.org

e-Innovation Centre
The University of Wolverhampton is home to the pioneering 'e-Innovation Centre' - specialist incubator accommodation for businesses in the region. Based within the pleasant Telford Campus at Priorslee, and built with funding from Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund, the Centre aims to increase the formation of new businesses in Telford and the surrounding area.
www.e-innovationcentre.co.uk
Tel: 01952 288200
Fax: 01952 288205
Email: info@e-innovationcentre.co.uk

English Partnerships
English Partnerships is working with Regional Development Agencies (North West Development Agency and Advantage West Midlands), local authorities, and public- and private-sector partners to bring forward a range of development projects which unite the local, regional and national dimensions of our work.
www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/northwestwestmidlands
Tel: + 44 (0)1952 293131
Fax: + 44 (0)1952 293132

European Innovation (based in Coventry)
European Innovation is established in partnership with Coventry University
www.innovationeurope.org
Tel: 024 7623 6107
Mobile: 07974 984 801
Fax: 024 7623 6024

European Technical Marketing/Techmark
Over 200 companies assisted in a highly practical way to secure new markets nationally and across Europe.

FFINTO/Collaborate2Innovate
FFINTO is one of many Sector Skills Bodies throughout the UK. We are owned by our member companies and work solely for the benefit of the sector (Furniture, Furnishings and Interiors) in improving its skill levels and competitiveness.
www.ffinto.org
Tel: (0115) 9221200
Fax: (0115) 9223833

Innovation & Technology Observatory
The Observatory is a key regional resource, analysing innovation in different industrial sectors across the region, examining technology trends and the take-up of new technologies. These results enable a regional innovation strategy to be implemented.
www.industry.bham.ac.uk/services/innovation.shtml
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3344
Fax: 0121 414 3971

Institute for Innovation and Enterprise (IIE)
IIE was created to assist business, employees, individuals and students through the projects we run. We aim to improve the knowledge, skills and support needed to start new businesses, develop existing organisations and create innovation and enterprise within the region. Using a mix of European and government funded projects and initiatives, together with the practical experience of University staff, IIE provides commercial and technical expertise to benefit individuals as well as business - from aspiring entrepeneurs to established owner-managers in both the public and private sectors.
www.wlv.ac.uk/Default.aspx?page=8487
Tel: 01902 518960
Fax: 01902 323957
Email: innovation@wbs.wlv.ac.uk

Ignite
Ignite is the new start-up and early stage business development programme of business support combining all our experience from supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs and business owners.
www.warwicksciencepark.co.uk/support_services/Igniteprogramme.htm
Tel: 024 76323130
Email: ignite@uwsp.co.uk

IT Futures
IT Futures is an Advantage West Midlands-funded project, bringing the expertise of the University's School of Computing and IT to small and medium-sized enterprises in the region. IT Futures gives practical assistance on the evaluation of the latest technologies for use in business, advice on bespoke and off-the-shelf solutions, access to staff training, and website development services.
www.it-futures.com
Tel: 01902 323396
Email: enquiries@it-futures.com

Manufacturing Club
The Manufacturing Club - part of the Centre of Engineering Excellence - provides a network of engineering and manufacturing companies in the Black Country and surrounding areas through which valuable information is shared. The Club aims to promote excellence by helping regional businesses adopt the most appropriate practices in manufacturing technology, business systems and management techniques.
www.cenengex.co.uk
Tel: 01902 837550
Fax: 01902 837551
Email: enquiries@cenengex.co.uk

Medici
The Medici Programme, a partnership of 15 Midlands universities, provides technology transfer training and support to subject specialists to enable them to understand and work with commercialisation in the areas of medical technology and creative industries, in their specialist area.
www.uce.ac.uk/cdc/kt_medici.html
Fax: 0121 331 5256
Email: Nick.Lancaster@uce.ac.uk
Tel: 0121 331 6781

Minerva
MINERVA is one of a portfolio of services provided by University of Warwick Science Park Limited that helps entrepreneurs to generate wealth and additional employment throughout the entire West Midlands region. We help secure the capital from Business Angels, Venture Capital funds, banks and other sources that you need to develop your business.
www.warwicksciencepark.co.uk/support_services/AccesstoFinance.htm
Tel: 024 76 323114
Email: capital@uwsp.co.uk

National B2B Centre
As a Centre of Excellence for e-Business the National B2B Centre offers consultancy and impartial advice to help small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) adopt e-business technologies and tools in the West Midlands. Our team of expert, experienced e-Business consultants work with SMEs offering impartial advice in the areas of e-Marketing, e-Trading, e-Collaboration, Supply Chain Solutions, Open Source Solutions and Mobile and Wireless Solutions.
www.nb2bc.co.uk/home
Tel: 02476 574384
Fax: 02476 574287
Email: info@nb2bc.co.uk

National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship
Our mission is to increase the number of graduate start ups and the number of student graduates giving serious thought to starting a business.
www.ncge.com
Tel: 0121 380 3545
Fax: 0121 380 3581
Email: contactus@ncge.org.uk

Polymer Cluster
The Polymer Cluster Centre has been established in Telford to provide access to a package of support and collaborative opportunities for eligible companies in and related to the polymer industry in the Wolverhampton Telford Technology Corridor.
www.polymercluster.co.uk
Tel: 01902 321659
Fax: 01902 321652
Email: info@polymercluster.co.uk

RAPID PD
RAPID PD will improve the product innovation capabilities of the West Midlands offering innovative solutions for rapid product development. This investment enhances the resources and expertise of the Innovative Product Development Centre (IPDC) building upon an already established capability in Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS). As part of the RAPID PD project, the very latest in DMLS technology has been acquired and is now available to local SMEs on a funded basis and to companies nationwide on a commercial basis. Users of this technology will have enhanced opportunities to diversify, introduce new products and improve productivity.
www.wlv.ac.uk/ipdc
Tel: 01902 323904
Fax: 01902 323843
E-mail: rapidpd@wlv.ac.uk

Regional Centre for Tourism Business Cupport
www.qualityatheart.co.uk
Tel: 0845 241 8269

RegenWM
The mission of RegenWM is to promote and develop regeneration excellence in the West Midlands.
www.regenwm.org
Tel: 0121 202 3260
Fax: 0121 202 3261
Email: enquiries@regenwm.org

Sandwell Women's Enterprise Development Agency
SWEDA exists to encourage enterprise, provide career guidance and business advice and promote the personal and professional development of people in the West Midlands.
www.sweda.org.uk
Tel: 0121 5252558
Fax: 0121 580 0103
Email: info@sweda.org.uk

Screen Media Lab
Screen Media Lab is a purpose built centre for enterprise and innovation in screen media and visual design, part of UCE Birmingham's Department of Media and Communication. The centre offers a wide range of services including web and print design and development, video production, animation, media training courses and marketing training and consultancy. Focused on offering support to businesses to help make greater use of screen-based media technologies, the four different teams based in Screen Media Lab aim to develop the commercial market for digital media in the West Midlands region. With support from a number of funding streams, there are initiatives and projects for businesses to take advantage of at a subsidised rate.
www.screenmedialab.com
Tel: 0121 204 9880
Email: info@screenmedialab.co.uk

Speed
If you are a current student of Staffordshire University and are considering the exciting opportunity of starting your own business, then the SPEED scheme could provide you with the help and support you need. Offering financial support along with business village accommodation, business start-up training and mentoring, the SPEED scheme can help to turn your business dreams into reality
www.wlv.ac.uk/iie
Tel: 01902 518960
Fax: 01902 323957
Email: innovation@wbs.wlv.ac.uk

Spinner
Within the Mercia Spinner project, funded by Advantage West Midlands and the Higher Education Innovation Fund, there is a provision for grants to assist development at the various key early stages of potential spin-off company creation and license development.
www.uce.ac.uk/cdc/kt_mercia.html
Tel: 0121 331 5258
Fax: 0121 331 5256
Email: Nick.Lancaster@uce.ac.uk

Staffordshire University West Midlands Mobile & Wireless
This L2.5M project, funded by Advantage West Midlands (AWM) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) provides a range of services and expertise for small and medium-sized enterprises in the development and application of advanced mobile and wireless technologies, as well as encouraging inward-investment and participation by major technology-based organisations.
www.wmmw.org
Tel: 01785 353258

Sustainability West Midlands
SWM has been established by regional partners as the independent regional champion for Sustainable Development and provides advice to regional policy partnerships and the region as a whole on sustainability issues. It works with business and the voluntary and community sector to deliver more sustainable outcomes and to provide links with the public sector.
www.sustainabilitywestmidlands.org.uk/shap/shap0607/SHAP_guide
Tel: 0121 449 4406
Email: info@swm.org.uk

West Midlands Business Council
By working with key partners, WMBC ensures that it maximises the value of the considerable resources and talents that exist across the business sector.
www.wmbusinesscouncil.org.uk/index.html
Tel: 0121 245 0140
Fax: 0121 245 0141
Email: info@wmbusinesscouncil.org.uk

West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence
The West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) provides financial assistance to small and medium-sized construction companies in the West Midlands to enable them to improve their business processes, implement innovative technologies, adopt best practice and train their workforce. The L5.8m project aims to provide specialist support to the regional built environment industry and to assist it to become more competitive, and is supported by Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund.
www.wmcce.org
Tel: 0121 688 4050
Email: info@wmcce.org

West Midlands Technology Network (WMTN)
The WMTN helps eligible small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing, engineering and emerging sectors to use innovation to develop all areas of their business.
www.wm-technet.co.uk
Tel: 0800 073 0105
Fax: 0800 073 0199
Email: enquiries@wm-technet.co.uk

Wolverhampton Telford Technology Corridor
The Wolverhampton Telford Technology Corridor (WTTC) is a University of Wolverhampton-led network of regional public and private sector organisations that aims to encourage innovation, knowledge transfer, new enterprise, and increased competitiveness in the region. In the first three years is has coordinated projects equivalent to L30 million of investment.
www.technology-corridor.co.uk
Tel: 01902 323993
Fax: 01902 321652
Email: enquiries@technology-corridor.co.uk

Women's Business Development Agency
WBDA was set up to promote, support and develop female-run businesses and to help women into work
www.wbda.co.uk
Tel: 02476 236 111
Fax: 02476 236 388
Email: admin@wbda.co.uk

Women in Rural Enterprise (WIRE)
WiRE is unique in its approach to business help, invaluable to all rural women in business at any stage, from the established or growing business, to new or potential businesses.
www.wireuk.org
Tel: 01952 815338
Email: info@wireuk.org